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A. E. ANDREAE.

CARRIAGE.

No. 595,687. Patented Dec.'21, 1897.

Wi'iiwanrar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTA EMILIE ANDREAE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 595,687, dated December 21, 1897. Application filed August 28 1897. Serial No. 649,836. '(No model) Patented in England March 17, 1897, No. 6,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA EMILIE AN- DREAE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of 15 Kensington Gore, Queens Gate, London, W., England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriages, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 6,946, bearing date March 17 1897,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention" relates to improvements in carriages, particularly of the type known as victorias; and the object of my improvements is to make the-extra folding seat, when such a seat is applied at the back of the drivin g-box, more comfortable than such seats usually are. To accomplish this object, I form and hinge the additional seat in the usual or other convenient manner, and I apply a cushioned back, hinged and jointed or otherwise arranged so that it can readily be folded or collapsed and turned or pushed backward into the body of the carriage under the driving-box.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of part of a victoria to which my improvements are applied.

In the views, a designates the body of the carriage; b, the drivers seat, and c the extra seat, which is hinged to the .body at d. To

When in use, the seat 0, with its cushioned v back f g, occupies the position shown in Fig.

1; but when not required the back is first collapsed and then turned back into the body of A drivers seat bin slides, so that it can be moved ble back extending up from the pivoted end of the seat 0 alongside of the frame in rear of the seat I) and the supports below the seat I) for the collapsible seat, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTA EMILIE ANDREAE.

Witnesses:

LYDIA M. ANDREAE, MAGPIP MAoKIE. 

